Chromium now has initial, experimental support for the xdg-session-management #wayland protocol, which will start shipping in canary channel in the coming days. I've implemented and tested it against Mutter 48, the only compositor supporting it atm - also experimentally - since version 47.

Quick demo at youtu.be/OG9ZLXzlwkQ

#chromium #wayland #linux #gnome #opensource #foss

In-Process is now available, featuring all the info on CSUN ATC 2025, Thorium Reader, how the NVDA 2025.1 Update is going, Open-Source software and a new RH Voice Update! Read it all here: nvaccess.org/post/in-process-2… and don't forget to subscribe via email: eepurl.com/iuVyjo

#NVDA #NVDAsr #ScreenReader #Accessibility #CSUNATC #CSUNATC25 #CSUN #Thorium #RHVoice #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #News #Newsletter #Update

We are happy to announce that 56 teams and individuals will receive funding to support their work on improving the core technologies of the internet.

We'd like to congratulate them and thank them for making the internet better for us all.

Come and take a look at the projects to see the marvellous work being done to upgrade the open internet architecture.
nlnet.nl/news/2025/20250321-ca…
#FOSS #NGI0 #NGI

Getting started with XMPP/Jabber and PGP for federated, encrypted messaging

This is a short thread where I explain how I started using the XMPP protocol and PGP encryption for secure messaging. I am not a security expert, but I am a mathematician and I am confortable with the Linux command line. This guide is for people who want to use PGP for secure messaging easily. You will need to be okay with typing commands into the Linux command line in order to do this, but I will tell you exactly what to enter.

Part 1: XMPP

Mastodon is like email, but for social media. You sign up for an account with a server, and then you can talk with any other accounts that are signed up on other servers, as long as your servers are getting along. (No one wants emails from the sketchy spam server, and we want to be able to choose between Yahoo, Gmail, etc.) XMPP (a.k.a. Jabber) is the same thing for text messaging.

Just like signing up for an email/Mastodon account, you need to sign up for an account. You can find a list of servers at list.jabber.at/ and will probably at least need to provide an email addess when making an account.

Once you have made an account, you need a client. On Linux, I've been having a good time using Dino (dino.im/). You can then enter your account name and password to log into your XMPP account and start chatting! There are both public rooms and you can also message directly with your friends.

#security #PGP #XMPP #FOSS #Jabber #Dino #MonoclesChat

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Dino. Communicating happiness.

A privacy-friendly messaging app for the desktop. It uses the XMPP protocol and provides a clean UI with modern features.

^dino.im

Guys use hashtags!

#Libreoffice #OpenSource #Freedom #Privacy #Sovereignty #DigitalSovereignty #FOSS #OpenSource #Linux

Happy Open-Source Day!*

Open-Source brings so many benefits. NV Access is proud to be part of the community, from welcoming code contributions, to decreasing cost for users around the world. It's easy to see why "Open-Source First" is a popular policy for governments & companies everywhere.

(*At least in Florence, Italy - a quick search found several dates this year - Open Source not only brings innovation, but also choice!)

#NVDA #NVDAsr #OpenSource #FOSS #OpenSourceDay2025 #Community

New Privacy Guides article 🔐✨
by me:

If you want to keep your password manager local-only, KeePassXC is a great solution!

It's free,
Open-source,
Easy to install and use,
Doesn't require an account,
Works on Linux, macOS, and Windows,
And the team is here! 👉 @keepassxc

Here's how to set it up with a YubiKey: privacyguides.org/articles/202…

#PrivacyGuides #KeePassXC #Privacy #Security #PasswordManager #Passwords #FOSS

Ready to become a real Linux user? In this video, I break down the funniest and most stereotypical traits of a Linux enthusiast – from growing a beard to minimizing RAM usage (even when you have 32GB!). Whether you’re a Linux newbie or a veteran, this guide will have you laughing at the quirks of the Linux community.

(I may or may not be guilty of all of the mentioned traits)

Ad-free and privacy-respecting version of this video: tux-edu.tv/w/xmwkd4s1PbZsfDjNi…

Make sure to motivate me for more content by, at least, liking the video and leaving a comment. It means a lot to me. Sharing this video with your friends is most welcome as is following this channel!

You can support my work financially, starting with merch:
→ shop.linuxrenaissance.com
→ ko-fi.com/darth
→ patreon.com/LinuxRenaissance
→ youtube.com/@LinuxRenaissance/…

Social links:
- My webpage: linuxrenaissance.com
- My Matrix chat space: matrix.to/#/!LWfgnmBeCrpLbcWIl…
- My PeerTube channel: tux-edu.tv/c/lxr
- My YouTube chanel: youtube.com/@LinuxRenaissance
- My Odysee channel: odysee.com/@LinuxRenaissance:1

This video was edited with Kdenlive.

Intro / outro music is borrowed with permission from H0ffman:
soundcloud.com/h0ffman/sets/pr…

One more variation of #UnplugTrump!

@libreoffice wrote:
With the world changing around us, many governments and organisations are trying to reduce their dependency on tech giants. Here's an update on how one German federal state is moving 30,000 PCs to LibreOffice (and longer-term, Linux): blog.documentfoundation.org/bl… #foss #opensource #freesoftware

Updates on Schleswig-Holstein moving to LibreOffice - The Document Foundation Blog

Nearly a year ago, we posted about the German state of Schleswig-Holstein’s plan to move 30,000 PCs from Microsoft Office/365 to LibreOffice.

^{Mike Saunders (The Document Foundation)}

Announcing the first 15 endorsers of the United Nations #OpenSource Principles" – 8 practical ways for groups around the world to promote global digital cooperation through free and open source software.

✍️ Like software freedom itself, these principles are for everyone, everywhere - and the orgs you support can join a list of endorsers today.

#boostsAppreciated - spread the word!

unite.un.org/news/fifteen-orga…

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #UN #UnitedNations

🚀 Big News!

BlissLabs has been selected to showcase Waydroid & Bliss OS at #FOSSASIA2025 in Bangkok (March 13-15)! 🎉

Honored to be alongside Mozilla Common Voice, Google Open Source, AWS, & more shaping open-source tech!

🔹 First-Time Demos 🔹
🎮 Waydroid Gaming on Steam Deck
🖥 BlissOS 15 & 17 Desktop
🚗 Waydroid Automotive

Join us in person or virtually – it’s a hybrid event! 🚀

#Waydroid #BlissOS #FOSS #Linux #AndroidOnLinux #Innovation #TechForGood #BlissLabs #OpenSource #FutureOfComputing

Would you like to represent NGI Zero in your region? NGI0 partner Brno University of Technology is looking for regional representatives in specific regions. It's a part-time, paid role where you'll be encouraging people to apply for funding, build a community and promote free and open source.

Note that only certain regions are eligible and you need to be based in the region of your choice. (See the list of regions at the bottom of the page).

nlnet.nl/foundation/jobs/regio…

#getfedihired #NGI0 #FOSS

@RaccoonForFriendica version 0.4.1 has been finally released! I was waiting to fix a couple of old issues but I realized I was keeping people waiting too much since almost 2 months had passed since the previous stable version.

If you were on the latest beta, the only new feature is the possibility to see in every timeline the "source platform" each post is coming from (Friendica, Mastodon, Lemmy, Misskey/Sharkey, Pleroma/Akkoma, Kbin/Mbin, WordPress, GNU Social, Pixelfed, Peertube, GoToSocial, Diaspora, generic ActivityPub and more are coming).

If you were using 0.4.0 there are a ton of improvements, the most important of which are:

• feat: add per-user rate limits;
• feat: suggest hashtags while typing;
• feat: swipe navigation between posts;
• feat: exclude stop words from timelines;
• feat: add shortcuts to other instances ("guest mode");
• feat: open post detail as thread;
• feat: post translation;
• feat: followed hashtag indication;
• feat: show source protocol for posts;
• enhancement: support for embedded images.

This version is also available in the production track on Google Play, so you don't have to participate in the beta program any more to get it.

Let me know what you think about it, enjoy your weekend and as always #livefasteattrash

#friendica #friendicadev #androidapp #androiddev #fediverseapp #raccoonforfriendica #kotlin #multiplatform #kmp #compose #cmp #opensource #foss #procyonproject

@WofWca and I were discussing doing mp3 encoding in some web project. He suggested using some WASM port of ffmpeg. Farooq replied "Do you want to buy an entire home just to charge your phone with one of its outlets?". "If the home is FOSS" WofWca replied. "Trust me you don't want your home to be FOSS." Farooq answered and continued "Let's go through basic freedoms. Do you want your home to be used by anyone for any purpose?". And then WofWca was enlightened xD

#foss #opensource #programmerhumor

🤔 If you wanted to contribute to an #OpenSource project working on various types of social goods, and contribution opportunities were curated through the global UN Volunteers* Programme, how likely would you be to pursue that option?

#boostsAppreciated

unv.org/become-online-voluntee…

#FreeSoftware #FLOSS #FOSS #volunteering

Become an Online Volunteer

Why volunteer online? Through Online Volunteering, you can contribute your skills and expertise towards achieving sustainable human development efforts of organizations around the world.

^www.unv.org

• Very likely (28%, 4 votes)
• Somewhat likely (57%, 8 votes)
• Somewhat unlikely (0%, 0 votes)
• Very unlikely (14%, 2 votes)

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New site for Linux users that are sightless. Pun intended. Anyway:

blindlinux.com/

#accessibility #blind #linux #foss

Does anybody have a good link for a „How to create detailed #thunderbird logs“? I don’t really get how to do it.

I need detailed information what decisions Thunderbird „makes“ in terms of #smime/signatures/verification when opening a mail.

#logging
#foss
#mozilla

#Panoramax - das neue #StreetView!

Vor einigen Jahren wurde #Mapillary an #Meta verkauft. Und auch #Google StreetView möchte vielleicht nicht jeder nutzen.

Mit Panoramax gibt es nun eine #FOSS Alternative. Sie soll dezentral organisiert werden. Dies ist meines Wissens die erste Instanz:

panoramax.openstreetmap.fr
Kleiner Tipp:
Falls man das AdOn #ClearURLs verwendet, kommt man eventuell über die Animation wegen Blockierung von ETags nicht hinaus. Deshalb nutze ich Panoramax als #Firefox-PWA am Desktop.

#OSM #OpenStreetMap

🚀 OpenCloud 1.0 ist da – Digital souveränes File-Management done right!

Nach nur wenigen Wochen verkündet das #OpenCloudTeam den Release von OpenCloud 1.0! 🎉

Was macht OpenCloud besonders?
🔹 Robustes Dateimanagement – Sicher & flexibel mit stabilen APIs.
🔹 Benutzerfreundlich – Schnell, intuitiv, minimalistisch.
🔹 Einfache Verwaltung – Von Raspberry Pi bis Kubernetes.

Jetzt testen! Wir freuen uns auf euer Feedback! 👉 opencloud.eu/de/news/opencloud…

#WeLoveOpenSource #FOSS #Community #BestesTeam

I have a good friend, for real, that is slowly going #blind. Is there a good plugin for #thunderbird
to read emails without involving a #bigCorp ?

I'm thinking of
1) Open email in window,
2) click button that says "read aloud"

She is not blind yet, this would be like training wheels to get her use to using a screen reader while she can still see a little.

#FLOSS #FOSS

🚀 We finally released the very first version of the FOSS Public Alert Server. Version 0.1.0 includes the most essential features and is a good step toward the first stable release.

Checkout the release note here: invent.kde.org/webapps/foss-pu….

The latest version is always running at: alerts.kde.org

Thanks again to @nlnet for funding this project.

#foss #fpas #release

version 0.1.0 · Wiki · Web applications / FOSS Public Alert Server · GitLab

Open source server that allows desktop applications to receive near real-time push notifications about emergency alerts worldwide.

^GitLab

@matrix has gone from $0 to $561K in recurring revenue in just 2 years. But our expenses run $1.2M/yr.

We've burned through reserves and are at a crossroads.

It's the classic FOSS funding problem: use and adoption are at an all-time high, wealthy companies and countries use it, and secure decentralized comms have never been more important. And yet we can't pay our bills.

YOU have a role to play in shaping what comes next: matrix.org/blog/2025/02/crossr…

#Matrix #FOSS #OpenSource #IndieWeb #Fediverse

We're at a crossroads

Matrix, the open protocol for secure decentralised communications

^{Thib (matrix.org)}